With a highly trained and dedicated staff, Seahorse Institute has a proven track record of operating inclusive programs and facilitating the integration of children with developmental delays into mainstream school settings.
We offer year-round programs with comprehensive curricula specializing in the acquisition of language, communication skills, pre-academic and academic independent functioning, and socialization skill areas.
Our Story
Welcome to a place where children, teens, and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Delays are immersed in a nurturing, individualized, world of opportunity. Seahorse Institute is a Bahamian non-profit organization founded by Dr. Michelle Major, an internationally acclaimed expert in the field of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). We provide intensive multidisciplinary interventions for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Down syndrome, intellectual disabilities, language disorders, and related behavioral challenges.
Modern, Spacious, High-Tech Facility
Low Instructor to Child Ratio
Individualized Approach
Data-Driven Results
Evidence & Research-Based Intervention
Highly Trained & Specialized Staff
Proven Track Record
Nurturing Environment
Mainstream Classroom Objectives
Vocational Guidance
Services that can follow a child from preschool through adult
Children in our programs benefit from the most comprehensive range of services in The Bahamas:
What are data-driven results?
We record data on each child every day (and when needed, every second). Each behavior and educational goal that the child demonstrates or reaches is documented and plotted to show improvement. For example, on the first day a child may have spoken two words and months later he may have a cumulative vocabulary of 3000 words. Parents receive daily session notes of their child’s progress from their therapist and will be invited to attend a progress meeting quarterly with our on staff BCBA and Clinical Director.
Our Mission
Seahorse Institute is a unique collaboration of parents, professionals and community members, that provide a nurturing environment, and develop the full potential of each individual using research-based interventions.
Our Vision
A world where individuals with special needs are valued participating members of their communities and that all parents have access to high-quality services, regardless of their ability to pay.
Why we are called Seahorse Institute?
Seahorse: A ten-year-old boy with autism once told Dr. Major the little-known fact that a Seahorse is the only animal where the male gives birth instead of the female. “It touched me because it is unexpected and proves that anything is possible,” she explains. “We can never say never, that a child will not talk nor learn a skill. Seahorses exemplify the realm of possibility.”
Institute: An institute, unlike an institution, is a place where people share the latest research, science, and knowledge. And we are much more than that. Seahorse Institute has a wonderful mix of love and care, belief and hope, science and research. We believe that every child has hidden potential and use everything we can to help them and their families unlock this precious treasure.